In addition to a larger counter for take-out orders, seating in the dining room has increased from 45 to 105 and the kitchen space and number of cooking woks have doubled. To accommodate the expansion, Noodles now includes part of the space of the now-shuttered Promenade Deli. The expansion of nearby restaurant and bar Luis Rey’s, which was unveiled on June 29, used the rest of the space from the deli and adjacent promenade.

Noodles features cuisine from Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, China and Korea on a menu created by Tzin “Ken” Kao, who spent the last eight years as the Asian chef at the resort’s Choices the Buffet. He was recently named the chef of Noodles.

Stephanie Schulte has covered everything from travel, crime, food and entertainment since 2006. Her first assignment was writing a feature story on Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini for Amy Blanc Elementary School in Northern California and she never looked back. Schulte enjoys playing piano (not very good), hiking, hanging with her family and friends and watching Three's Company re-runs.